Here at Cage Potato we value all of our loyal readers, but we value the ones who are at least semi-famous just a little bit more. One such reader, as you probably know, is Bruce Buffer. Today The Buff turns fifty and we would like to congratulate him on not only living this long, which neither one of us really expects to do, but also holding down a pretty sweet job all this time without getting fired for drinking too much or stealing microphones, which both of us would have done by now.

Happy birthday, Bruce. The Buffer Turn has done more to change the nature of ring announcing than any other single innovation, with the possible exceptions of electricity and language itself. And if you don’t believe that The Buff is one of the sport’s most enthusiastic and passionate fans, well, you should really see what’s after the jump.

I know it seems like he’s jumping there at the end. He isn’t; he’s talking. And you know what he’s saying? ‘Fuck you, Pride lady. This is Bruce’s house.’